Matthew Elliott
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Overview
Matthew is a corporate partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP and a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee.
His practice focuses on private equity and real estate, advising a full range of stakeholders across public and private corporate transactions, M&A, joint ventures and securities offerings. Matthew has been recognized as a leading private equity lawyer in the 2022 editions of Chambers UK, IFLR1000 and The Legal 500 UK and is listed as a dealmaker in The Lawyer Hot 100, 2018.
Experience
Representative Matters
GIC:
- on its establishment of a €400 million joint venture platform with Melcombe Partners, a UK-based asset manager and adviser
- on the acquisition of an Enterprise Value logistics portfolio located in northeast England
- on the £694 million acquisition of a 75% stake in the majority of Paddington Central assets from British Land
- on its $525 million joint venture with Equinix to develop and operate two xScale™ data centres in South Korea
- on the capital increase and associated refinancing of AccorInvest Group
- on its $3.9 billion additional joint ventures with Equinix to expand the xScale™ data centre programme
- on its joint venture with Kennedy Wilson to acquire and manage urban logistics properties in the UK, Ireland and Spain, targeting total assets of $1 billion
- on its joint venture with Melcombe Partners to acquire and develop urban logistics properties in Europe
- on the over $1 billion co-investment with Equinix to develop and operate xScale™ data centres in Japan
- on the €950 million buyout acquisition of a pan-European logistics platform from Apollo
- on the $1 billion acquisition of Equinix Inc’s pan European hyperscale data centre business
- as part of the c. €4.4 billion consortium acquiring a 55% a stake in the real estate assets of French multinational hotel group AccorHotels
- on its €2.4 billion acquisition of P3 Logistic Parks, a leading specialist pan-European owner, developer and manager of logistics properties, from TPG Real Estate and Ivanhoé Cambridge
- on the sale of its stake in Spanish real estate company Axiare Patrimonio as a pre-cursor to the €1.46 billion takeover bid for Axiare by Inmobilaria Colonial, a leading multinational property group headquartered in Spain
Altera Infrastructure L.P. on successfully emerging from Chapter 11
Coral Tree Partners on the acquisition of AMI Entertainment Network
Sani/Ikos Group on its recapitalization and strategic partnership agreement with GIC
Macquarie Asset Management on the strategic real estate partnership with NTT’s wholesale facilities across Europe and North America
Brookfield:
- on the sale of Student Roost to a joint venture formed between GIC and Greystar
- on the €1.089 billion recommended cash offer for Hibernia REIT
- on the all-cash voluntary public takeover offer for Befimmo SA
- on the c. €4.7 billion public takeover offer for alstria office REIT-AG
- on its c. £3 billion consortium bid for Intu plc
- on its £430 million acquisition and financing of the SACO apart-hotel platform from Oaktree
- on its acquisition of GL Europe RE Holdings SARL, a U.K. student accommodation platform, from Avenue Capital
- on its successful (non-recommended) takeover of Songbird Estates PLC and Canary Wharf Group in consortium with Qatar Investment Authority
A sovereign wealth fund on the acquisition of a pan-European logistics portfolio for over €3 billion from EQT Exeter
TPG:
- on the successful tender offer and the acquisition of a majority stake in Studio Babelsberg AG
- on its strategic joint venture with Gatehouse Bank
- on its c. €300 million acquisition of Spanish Real Estate Investment Trust, Témpore Properties
- on the joint venture acquisition with Round Hill Capital of a student and residential housing platform in Lisbon, Portugal
Eagle Street on its joint venture with Nuveen Real Estate and HESTA to acquire a Build to Rent asset in Dublin
Gazit Hercules 2020 Limited (Newco) on the definitive merger agreement for a recommended cash acquisition of Atrium European Real Estate Limited
Ares:
- on the £400 million preferred equity investment in McLaren Group
- on its CHF 200 million investment into Peach Property Group AG
- on the acquisition of a portfolio of mixed use commercial properties across Europe
Patient Square Capital on its investment in Apollo Therapeutics, a portfolio-based biopharmaceutical company
Starwood Capital Group:
- and SOF-12 Cambridge BidCo Limited, owned by Starwood Funds, on the c. £467.9 million recommended cash offer for RDI REIT
- on the intention to launch a Public Takeover Offer for CA Immobilien Anlagen AG
- on the acquisition of a 29.42% stake in London-listed RDI Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)
AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets on the acquisition of the Kadans Science Partner platform
Tokio Marine HCC on its acquisition of GCube
Hospital Topco, majority owned by Centerbridge and KKR, on the c.£1.8 billion disposal of BMI Healthcare and the GHG Group
The Marshall Retail Group on its $400 million sale to WH Smith
Gazit-Globe Limited on the recommended €1.4 billion offer for Atrium European Real Estate Limited
Oaktree Capital Management:
- on the sale of its Spanish student housing business to GSA
- on the carve out and sale of its UK student housing business to a consortium of GIC and global student accommodation firm GSA
Wyndham on the $1.3 billion disposal of the European agency business of Wyndham to Platinum Equity
Prior Experience
Linklaters
- Partner, 2010–2015
- Managing Associate, 2004–2010
- Associate, 2000–2004
- Trainee Solicitor (Linklaters Tokyo), 1999–2000
- Trainee Solicitor, 1998–1999
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- Admitted to Practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales
Education
- The University of Law, Guildford1997
- St. Edmund Hall, University of Oxford1995